Welcome to ECPS

  • Communications and Media Studies
  • Theatre and Performance
  • Literary Studies
  • Film and Television
  • Communications and Media Studies
    The Communications and Media Studies program explores the ways that individuals, groups and societies interact via verbal, textual, audio and visual communication... Read more
  • Theatre and Performance
    We are the largest comprehensive theatre and performance program offered by an Australian university, enjoying a reputation as the most outstanding course of its kind in the country... Read more
  • Literary Studies
    The innovative Literary Studies program brings together students and staff from across the Faculty of Arts excited by reading and thinking about literature... Read more
  • Film and Television
    In this increasingly global and digital age, almost everybody knows something about movies and television programs... Read more
 

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    Welcome to the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies (ECPS). Our diverse and exciting programs enable students both to explore specialised areas and disciplines and to make interdisciplinary links across them.

    Our school brings together traditional scholarly approaches with innovative new ways of thinking and working – across a variety of creative, cultural and performance areas of study. Our undergraduate programs offer opportunities to study film and television, communications and media, literature, creative writing and theatre and performance and/or a combination of these.

    Many of our academic staff have national and international research reputations in their fields of expertise. Our teaching programs and research profiles engage with contemporary issues such as:

    • Digital technologies and media,
    • The relevance of the humanities to contemporary society,
    • How literary and cultural texts circulate in national and global economies,
    • The impact and value of creativity,
    • The nature and value of the aesthetic.

    Our strengths

    • International reputation,
    • Cross-disciplinary approaches combined with disciplinary depth,
    • Excellence in teaching,
    • Supportive environment,
    • Access to grants and scholarships,
    • Cutting-edge and traditional facilities,
    • Engagement with theory and practice,
    • We value creativity,
    • Courses offered at Prato campus, and
    • Global engagement and opportunities for international experience.

    Teaching programs

    Research units

 

Latest News

  • Monash University Prize for Poetry
    About Monash University Prize for Poetry The Monash University Prize for Poetry was established in 1963 and is an important part of the tradition of promoting literary creativity at Monash University. The prize is awarded annually for the best poem by an undergraduate. Previous winners include prominent Australian poets such as John A. Scott and Laurie Duggan. Previous winners How ... Read more
  • ECPS Prize Winners for 2012
    The School of English, Communications and Performance Studies (ECPS) offers a broad range of prizes and scholarships. The awards ceremony for the 2012 prizes was held on the 27th of February 2013. The recipients were: Julia Peluso Memorial Prize in Film and Television Studies Rina Tung The winner of the Julia Peluso Memorial Prize 2012 is Ms Rina ... Read more
  • CTP Welcomes New Staff Member
    The Centre for Theatre and performance is delighted to welcome new staff member Yana Turner. Yana comes to CTP with a wealth of experience as a researcher, dramatrg, teacher and performance maker.  Building on her extensive background in movement, improvisation and theatre, Yana has been intimately involved in experimental performance, critically engaging with artists in ... Read more
 

More News

  • Call for Papers – the Global Crime Scene Conference
    International conference 3-5 July 2013: The Global Crime Scene: Crime Narratives Beyond Borders seeks to explore this phenomenon in its historical and genealogical dimension, notably tracing its development through and beyond national traditions Read more
  • Prof. Milner Appointed Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack Visiting Professor of Australian Studies
    Professor Andrew Milner, from the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, has been appointed Ludwig Hirschfeld Mack Visiting Professor of Australian Studies for 2013 in the Institut für Englische Philologie at the Freie Universität Berlin. The chair is co-funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Australian Embassy in Berlin and is ... Read more
  • Taking the lead in poetic adaptation
    Dr Jane Montgomery Griffiths will play the lead role of Alex in Wild Surmise. Photo: Garth Oriander A dramatic adaptation of a verse novel by one of Australia’s most inventive poets will feature a Monash University staff member in the lead role. Dr Jane Montgomery Griffiths from the Monash Department of Theatre and Performance will play Alex in ... Read more
  • Music and Performing Arts Auditions Information Evening
    This information session will allow you to gain an understanding of how to be successful in your performance audition for Monash Music and Performing Arts courses. You will hear directly from selection officers from both departments about what they look for in candidates, and how to make the most of your audition experience. Information about pathway study ... Read more
  • Monash Poetry Prize Winner
    The School of English, Communications and Performance Studies would like to congratulate Joel Lazar on winning the 2012 Monash Poetry Prize with his poem As Far As I Can Go which was selected from over 150 entries. As Far As I Can Go Going to water Is my act of repentance Swimming is my penance The chest I beat When the ... Read more
  • New appointment: Chair of Communications and Cultural Economy in Communications and Media Studies
    Professor Justin O’Connor has been appointed as Chair of Communications and Cultural Economy in Communications and Media Studies. He begins his appointment in January 2013. Justin O’Connor is a global leader in cultural industries research. He has held professorial positions at the University of Leeds and the Queensland University of Technology, and was the Director of ... Read more
  • 2012 Monash Poetry Prize – $150 cash prize to be won
    The Monash University Prize for Poetry was established in 1963 and is an important part of the tradition of promoting literary creativity at Monash University. Previous winners include prominent Australian poets such as John A. Scott and Laurie Duggan. Eligibility The prize is open to all current Monash University Undergraduate students and is awarded on the recommendation ... Read more
  • Nothing airy about shortlisted poetry
    A collection of poems inspired by observations on different cultures and political philosophies by a Monash University academic has been shortlisted for the 2012 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards. The collection, Ashes in the Air, by Dr Ali Alizadeh from the School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, deals with matters such as injustice and political violence, history ... Read more
  • Mermaid masquerade: an adventure to the borderlands
    By Dr Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario It’s more common than you think. There are women, and some men, who dress up as mermaids. The first mermaid convention happened in 2011 in Las Vegas – it celebrated not merely the love of mermaid mythology, but the growing popularity of ‘being’ a mermaid. This comes at a time when ... Read more